Join with millions of women, as well as companies, organizations and cities across America on National Wear Red Day, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. By wearing red and making a donation, you'll help the American Heart Association support ongoing research and education about women and heart disease.

Scrubs Camps are free, one-day, hands-on health career camps for high school students. South Dakota students will have the opportunity to experience a wide variety of health careers through hands-on activities and discussions.

A gift to the Mobridge Regional Healthcare Foundation continues the healing mission of Mobridge Regional Hospital & Clinics and helps make possible such things as state-of-the-art equipment, and programs and services that meet the healthcare needs of people and communities throughout the region.

In early June, Avera St. Luke's, in conjunction with its Partner Hospitals, and Presentation College, host junior and senior high school students for a three-day session about health careers. Students spend their days at the hospital learning about the medical field, and at night are housed in the Presentation College Student Suites.

September is National Cholesterol Education Month, a good time to get your blood cholesterol checked and take steps to lower it if it is high. National Cholesterol Education Month is also a good time to learn about lipid profiles and about food and lifestyle choices that help you reach personal cholesterol goals.

The 2011 winner of the Dr. Ben Henderson Medical Career Advancement Memorial Scholarship is Natalie VanBeek. Natalie is currently enrolled at South Dakota State University in the RN Program and is employed at Mobridge Regional Hospital.

Travis Henderson, MD, FACP has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the society of internists. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine, the specialty of adult medical care.

Mobridge Regional Hospital & Clinics congratulates Deb Brekke, RN and Director of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation in receiving the Scotty Robert's Award. This award has been developed to honor his dedication and commitment to the development of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. Dr. Robert's vision and guidance has helped make Cardiopolumary Rehabilitation in the Upper Plain's region what it is today.

The Mobridge Regional Hospital & Clinics Employee Wellness Challenge consisted of 12 weeks where participants could either compete for the weight loss challenge or the exercise challenge. Congratulations to you all!

PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Mike Rounds announced today that South Dakota has received $5,580,000 in funding over three years from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to train emergency medical technicians and hospital personnel statewide using high-tech patient simulators.

Learn the first phase of training in pre-hospital medicine. This course includes all of the skills necessary to provide emergency medical care at the Basic Life Support level with an ambulance service or other specialized service.

In 2003, the American Heart Association faced a challenge;Cardiovascular disease claimed the lives of nearly 500,000 American women each year, yet women were not paying attention. In fact, many even dismissed it as an "older man's disease." To dispel these myths of heart disease as the No. 1 killer of women, the American Heart Association, along with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute created National Wear Red Day to raise awareness of this critical issue.